The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 84
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN PT. 3 وَلَا يَأْمُرَكُمْ أَنْ تَتَّخِذُوا الْمَلَيْكَةَ Nor is it possible for him. 81 وَالنَّبِينَ أَرْبَابًا اَيَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالْكُفْرِ بَعْدَ angels and the Prophets for إِذْ انْتُمْ مُّسْلِمُونَ די that he should bid you take the Lords. Would he enjoin you to disbelieve after you have submitted to God?369 R. 9. وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللهُ مِيْثَاقَ النَّبِيْنَ لَمَا أَتَيْتُكُمْ And remember the time. 82 مِنْ كِتُبِ وَحِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُ مُّصَدِّقُ لِمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ ءَ "when Allah took a covenant from the people through the Prophets, saying: 'Whatever I give you of the Book and وَلَتَنْصُرُنَّهُ ، قَالَ اَقْرَرْتُمْ Wisdom and then there comes وَاَخَذْتُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكُمْ اِصْرِى قَالُوا to you a Messenger, fulfilling b اَقْرَرْنَا قَالَ فَاشْهَدُوا وَاَنَا مَعَكُمْ. believe in him and help him مِّنَ اللهِدِينَ what is with you, you shall And He said, 'Do you agree, and do you accept the responsibility which I lay upon you in this matter?' They said, a5:13. been work which he had commissioned to do, and who, instead of calling upon men to worship God, set himself up as God and called upon them to adore him. Such a thing can never occur. A Prophet would always exhort men to become the devotees of God only. The words, because you teach the Book and because you study it, show that it is the duty of all those who succeed in acquiring spiritual knowledge to impart it to others and not to let men grope in the darkness of ignorance. 524 369. Commentary: It is an act of great infidelity to regard angels and Prophets as Lords, and to put them in the place of Almighty God. A true Prophet can never be guilty of such an offence. It is the height of unreason to believe that a person whose very mission is to turn infidels into believers and who does not hesitate to defy the whole world for the achievement of this noble end should first make men the devotees of God and then seek to turn them into his own adorers.